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31. Antonio buys 4 notebooks for $3.50 each at a store.
The next day he returns to the store and exchanges the
notebooks for 3 notebooks that have gone on sale for $1.75
each. Antonio uses the following expression to calculate the
amount of money he should receive back from the exchange.
(4 × $3.50) – (3 × $1.75)
Which of the following expressions could Antonio have
also used?
A. $3.50 – $1.75
B. 3($3.50 – $1.75) + $3.50

32. Rudi needs to calculate 14% of 50. He does so by computing
it in the following way:
50 ×
14
100
Which of the following methods could Rudi also use to
determine correctly the percentage?
A.
14

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33. Use the table below to answer the question that follows.
Quiz Average Test Average Final Exam
83% 79% 88%
The table shows Sabra's grades for a class. For her overall
average, the test average counts twice as much as the quiz
average, and the final exam counts twice as much as the test
average. To find her overall average, Sabra uses the following
expression.
(83 + 79 + 79 + 88 + 88 + 88 + 88) ÷ 7
Which of the following is another way to find her overall
average?
A. 83 + 2(79)
7 + 4(88)
7
B. 83 + 0.2(79) + 0.4(88)

3.5 10.5
The chart above displays a relationship between values of X
and Y. Given this relationship, what would be the value of Y
that is missing?
A. 5

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35. A school district is proposing a 5% increase in the number
of days in a school year. Currently there are 180 days in
a school year. How long would a school year be with the
proposed increase?
A. 181 days

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36. Which of the following mathematical statements is correct?

37. Use the mathematical statement below to answer the
question that follows.
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68
Which of the following values when entered in the box will
satisfy the statement above?
A. 14

39. Which of the following numbers is between 2,329,500 and
2,598,100?
A. 2,249,550
B. 2,303,600

40. If the value of x is between 0.0051 and 0.038, which of the
following could be x?
A. 0.0042
B. 0.0261

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41. Abby drives 18 miles round trip between home and work each
day. If her daily round trip is rounded to the nearest 5 miles,
which of the following is the best estimate of the total number
of miles driven in 5 days?
A. 75 miles
B. 100 miles

42. Kerri ran the same distance in four different races. Her
times were 18.04 seconds, 21.39 seconds, 12.99 seconds,
and 14.14 seconds. If the individual times are rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of a second, what is the estimate of Kerri's
total time for all four races?
A. 66.6 seconds
B. 66.5 seconds

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43. Use the information below to answer the question that
follows.
• The grocery store is located three miles away from the
house.
de?
A. The grocery store is no more than three miles away from
the highway.
B. The grocery store is no more than one mile away from
the highway.

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44. Use the information below to answer the question that
follows.
• If the distance to a destination is greater than 10 miles
from home, then Matt will drive his car.

If Matt rode his bicycle to Zachary's apartment, which of the
following statements could be true?
A. Matt's home is less than 1 mile from Zachary's
apartment.
B. Matt and Zachary live within 2 miles of each other.

greater than 20 miles.
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45. Use the statements below to answer the question that
follows.
There will be softball practice every Saturday throughout
the season with the following exceptions:
• If it rains, softball practice will be canceled.
• There is no softball practice on the third Saturday of
the month.
If it is Saturday but there is no softball practice, then it must be
true that:
A. it is raining.
B. it is the third Saturday of the month.

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46. Use the table below to answer the question that follows.
Middle School Bell Schedule
Class Period Start Time End Time

Fifth 1:15 P.M.
The partial school schedule above shows the start times and
end times of class periods. Except for lunch, all classes are
the same length. What is the missing start time for fifth
period?
A. 12:15 P.M.
B. 12:19 P.M.

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47. Use the chart below to answer the question that follows.
U.S. and World Silver Production in Metric Tons
Year United States World
1930 1578 7736

1965 1238 8007
How many metric tons of silver were produced outside the
United States in 1950?
A. 4976 metric tons